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Friday, 13 July 2012

Favourite Friday - Jack Wills Jacket

I thought I'd try to commit myself to doing a regular post and decided I would do a "Favourite Friday" where I can waffle about something I like, something I own or something which just rocks my boat for whatever reason. How well this goes remains to be seen. I might fall off the bandwagon by next week but hey we won't know that till next week.

The first in the series kicks off with what my friends would call my "Granny" jacket from Jack Wills. When I tried a similar one this year whilst out shopping with my friends, they looked distinctly unimpressed and exclaimed "it's something a granny would wear" and so it has now been fondly dubbed the "Granny" jacket to me.

Granny would approve!

How girly is this print?

It's probably a bit of a love it/hate it kind of jacket. A bit "marmite" is the popular expression. I kind of fell in love with it when I first saw it because it reminded me of a little quilted cotton jacket I had when I was a little girl. Mine was a mid blue with little red flowers and the Jack Wills comes as close as I think I am ever going to get to finding its replacement in navy with red pink flowers. I confess to having looked for adult versions in recent years as my childhood jacket has definitely lodged itself into my good memories bank.

It's a compact little jacket, adds a bit of a fun to a boring jeans and top combo and I found it very useful for my little holiday in Wales a couple of years back when the weather was neither here nor there as it proved to be quite a good layering piece - fitting comfortably under a rain jacket or just making a nice alternative to a cardigan. Here's a couple of ways in which I wore it in the last week.

I think it is a jacket that most people don't get but I have to remember I bought it because I love it. I'd be happy to have another one but I know that if I get another one, I won't get the wear out of this one and that would be a shame. Hope you are settling in in your new place.

u know i really love this jacket so much. i think i would personally style it differently. i love how you styled it though for yourself cos it really fits you and your personal style. i think i would play with the fact that the quilt and print is a bit "granny" as you said and pair it will a body con skirt and boots, just to be a bit cheeky.

Rae, I think you would look lovely in the jacket and your suggestion for styling it. I would love to wear something like that if I was two sizes smaller and 20 years younger :o) I like the idea of you making it a little cheeky. I wore a lot of underwear slips as dresses when I was younger - that was as cheeky as it got for me. But that seemed risky in my heyday!